At the end of the film screening, Zhang Yimou led the creators to the center of the stage to be interviewed by the media.

First of all, I must ask everyone how they feel about watching the movie.

This is the most basic responsibility of the director, knowing the audience's most true opinion, in order to better improve himself.

"What do you think?"

"The scene is grand and the pictures are very contrasting!"

"The special effects are really good, and the monsters are very realistic!"

Many people are racking their brains to find the merits of "The Great Wall".

The words that come up most often are 'big scenes, contrasting images!' or 'exquisite special effects', because there's really nothing else to praise about!

Zhang Yimou obviously understands the problem of "The Great Wall" as well.

But he never said it, as if after filming "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", he parted ways with Zhang Weiping and allowed Zhang Weiping to slander himself in the media.

Feng Xiaogang fought with film critics because of "Private Custom", and said such a sentence: 'I'm not Zhang Yimou, I won't do anything, please throw away my tears and swallow it in my stomach, I'm not happy, I have to say it!'

"Director Zhang, how much do you think the box office of "The Great Wall" will be?"

"I'm just a director, I really don't know the current market, I definitely hope that the box office of "The Great Wall" will be as good as possible..."

……

Zhang Yimou was interviewed by a group of media with a smile.

"The Great Wall" needs to build momentum, Zhang Yimou or the starring Matt Cute and Sedum will not participate in variety shows, so they can only take the most traditional publicity plan, with the help of the media!

After all, "The Great Wall" is the first Sino-American co-production heavy industry blockbuster, and the first Chinese film to explore the way to the Hollywood industrial system!

"Touching the Golden Captain" does not follow the orthodox co-production path, because there is no participation of China Film.

It was easy to get to the end of the movie, Shen Lin pulled Zhao Li, and the two put on their hats and hurriedly walked out, and then ran into reporters.

"Director Shen, what do you think of this movie?"

Zhen Nyima was embarrassed, the reason why Shen Lin put on his hat was because he was afraid of encountering reporters asking such questions.

According to his heart, "The Great Wall" is a bad movie, and I am a little sorry for director Zhang Yimou who invited him to the premiere, but if he praises "The Great Wall" against his will, Shen Lin can't say it, and to be honest, Shen Lin really didn't find the advantages of "The Great Wall".

Could it be an Olympics model movie?

Or praise Director Zhang Yimou for being a great director who can command the shooting scene of thousands of people?

It's tangled!

"Well, the plot is relatively old-fashioned, but the graphics and special effects are still good, and in general it's worth the ticket price. ”

After thinking about it, Shen Lin decided to go against his will.

"I heard that when Legendary Pictures first set up the project "The Great Wall", you were looking for the director, why did you turn down this project?"

"Where did you get the news? How did I not know?"

Of course Shen Lin wouldn't admit it.

If he admits it, there will definitely be a bunch of netizens who 'support' Shen Lin, thinking that if he shoots this movie, he will definitely be better than Zhang Yimou.

Damn, the filming of "The Great Wall" strictly abides by the most authentic Hollywood shooting process, and the director is just one of the countless types of work, which has been restricted, just like an eight-strand essay that has been proposed, no one dares to guarantee that it will be better than Zhang Yimou!

In short, whoever becomes the director is the same bird.

Unless the director is willing to provide the same amount of filming funds as Shen Lin did when he filmed "Interstellar" before, the producers will not be able to give you room for bargaining.

"Then Director Shen, how much do you think the box office of "The Great Wall" will be?"

“… This, it's hard to be sure, after all, it's the Chinese New Year, and there are too many movies released, so if you can't guarantee that there will be movies like dark horses that have nothing to do..."

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Shen Lin asked for an interview with a reporter, and his attitude towards "The Great Wall" disappointed the reporter who interviewed him.

He originally thought that Shen Lin would complain and spray "The Great Wall" in various ways, but he didn't expect Shen Lin's performance to be a gentleman!

How does this Nima ask him to write a press release?

After all, after the release of "The Great Wall", the critics were completely high.

Finally, I can sarcastically ridicule the best film director in China so far!

As a result, the film reviews flooded the Internet were all ''The Great Wall is a collapsed movie', 'Zhang Yimou, who is poor in donkey skills, will end here!', 'Not every film can be called 'The Great Wall', this is only for the movie itself, and there are even obviously subjective conjecture remarks such as 'Zhang Yimou is dead'.

Although the domestic box office of "The Great Wall" was reported to be 400 million on the first weekend of its release, there was not much deviation from the expected performance.

The box office decline is steady, but the declining word-of-mouth will inevitably affect the follow-up box office performance of "The Great Wall"!

Indeed, the box office was released in the first week, and the box office of "The Great Wall" was reported to be 600 million, and the box office became more and more precarious under the rendering of a group of film critics, almost falling off a cliff!

Some commentators said that starting from "Hero", every time Zhang Yimou launches a new film, he will get polarized comments from the critics, and this "The Great Wall" has not been spared.

Many media outlets focused on saying: "Criticizing Zhang Yimou has become a form of political correctness, and this criticism is sometimes just a gesture." ”

Another media person said, "Why can't we give some encouragement and tolerance to brave directors?"

In an article published by Guangming Daily, it was written, "The Great Wall is of great significance and value to the industrial upgrading of Chinese films, the international expression of Chinese stories, and the overseas export of Chinese culture. Zhang Yimou's films have always strived to show Chinese culture to a world audience, and such a vision is needed for Chinese films to enter the stage of competition in the global market. ”

The official media closed the coffin, of course, it must be because of Zhang Yimou's status and China Film's public relations, and the mysterious background of Sedum also played a part.

In addition, some film critics are really deliberately pretending to say 'Zhang Yimou is dead', giving a bunch of examples, comparing Zhang Yimou's early realistic feature films with today's "The Great Wall".

Lay's also added firewood and directly issued a warning letter, asking the film critic to delete Weibo and apologize, otherwise he will pursue legal responsibility.

Many Wumao have promoted this matter to the national level: "Hollywood movies are making money in China, film critics are unanimously applauding foreign films, and a magic film debut directed by the Chinese themselves is adding evil words." Those who worship foreign people are extremely inferior in their hearts, and they cannot see that the Chinese are good, and they cannot see China itself becoming strong!"

There are also a bunch of press releases to help "The Great Wall" wash the floor, "film critics should not deliberately sing the opposite tune of "The Great Wall"" or "84% of the audience in the sample survey praised" no longer believe in Douban "Christmas re-appointment "The Great Wall"'

Even Zhang Yimou, who has never liked to express his stance to the media, has personally ended!